Fact Check: Trump Cites Incorrect Trade Deficit Figure

by Accuracy In Mediaon March 8, 2018

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President Donald Trump recently tweeted that the U.S. faces a $800 billion trade deficit. But his figure is incorrect.

A Daily Caller fact-check shows that the number is in the high-$500 billion range. The White House claimed the president was talking about a trade goods deficit, but even then, that figure ignores services and the resulting service deficit.